The Boers at the End of the World / Boere op die Aardsdrempel (Documentary Feature Film)

83 minutes

Languages: Afrikaans, Spanish, English

In a remote stretch of Patagonia, Argentina, there is a family – the Dickasons – who speak a language from a country 7,000km to the east. They are part of a 114-year-old Afrikaans Boer community – settlers of South African Dutch descent who sailed across the ocean after the destruction of a war with the British. Today, less than 50 still speak the language and they struggle to keep their culture alive. Patriarch “Ty” Dickason, 82, is a cowboy who has never flown in a plane – and yet he yearns to one day visit the country of his blood before he and his compatriots pass away.

This multiple South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA)-winning documentary is a portrait of the last days of the community – a parallel world where Afrikaans was never linked to Apartheid – and one family’s journey to reconnect with South Africa.